LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): One individual has been killed, three were wounded and six others captured by Taliban in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Gul Hashimi,...

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Eight Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and 10 others captured by Taliban in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Sunday. Dadullah Qane, a member of the provincial council,...

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Local officials and public representatives in northern Samangan province on Thursday warned the Dara-i-Sauf Payeen district would fall into the hands of Taliban insurgents if the government did not pay urgent heed. Provincial...

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Insurgents have stormed security posts close to an ancient minaret in western Ghor province, local sources said on Saturday. An official, who did not want to be named, confided to Pajhwok Afghan News several militants attacked...

SHARANA (Pajhwok): At least five policemen have been killed and as many others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in Gayan district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said Tuesday. A government official in Gayan district, who...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Four security personnel have been killed and two others injured after the Taliban attacked some areas in three districts of northwestern Faryab province and Maimana, the provincial capital, local official said on Monday. Syed...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): At least nine member of anti- Taliban militia were killed during a clash with Taliban insurgents in SherinTagab district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said Wednesday. Abdul Hakim Turkughli, district administrative...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have captured a village and four security check-posts during a coordinated attack in the Dawlatabad district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Razzaq Kakar, Dawlatabad district...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have captured a strategic area of the Balcharagh district of northwestern Faryab province, inflicting casualties on the security personnel, an official said on Tuesday. Dadullah, an uprising group commander,...

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Five policemen have been killed and two others injured in militants attack on police check-post in western Farah province, local residents said on Monday. Gul Aqa, the resident of locality said, insurgents stormed check-post at...

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Three civilians were killed and as many injured when Taliban gunmen opened fire at a local police vehicle in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, officials said on Friday. The incident happened in Waghjan...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security forces pushed back a massive Taliban assault on the Barg-i-Matal district of eastern Nuristan province on Monday, officials claimed. More than 300 Taliban militants, including foreigners, stormed the district...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A vehicle was burnt to ashes on Wednesday when a convoy of security forces came under Taliban attack in the Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yoresh told...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The governor of northern Balkh province on Sunday vowed to take revenge on the Taliban with the ‘help of God’ following a deadly attack on a military base in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif. Atta Mohammad Noor told a...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The government on Sunday said it had launched investigation into Friday’s deadly attack on the 209 th Shaheen Military Corps in northern Balkh province. Acting spokesman to the president, Shah Hussain Murtazavi, told a press...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): At least 135 soldiers have been killed and 65 others wounded in a Taliban attack on the Shaeen Military Corps in northern Balkh province, a well-placed source revealed on Saturday. More bodies were recovered this morning,...